Gambling lobbyists dominate the big earnings from last quarter

This is no surprise: nearly every one of the highest earning legislative lobbying firms in the last quarter represents someone involved in the debate to bring destination resort casinos to Florida.

Thanks to Travis Pillow of the Florida Current for his breakdown of the biggest earners in Tallahassee's lobbying corps in the last quarter, which ended Sept. 30. We took a closer look at the list and here's our breakdown of the casino lobbyists and their earnings. The only firm earning at least $500,000 who didn't make it to the casino list was Johnson & Blanton. There's still time.

Those that earned more than $1 million on legislative lobbying:

* Ron Book PA, which has 65 clients including Flagler dog track

* Southern Strategy Group, which has 70 clients including Walt Disney World, one of the most up-front opponents of the resort casino bill

* Ballard Partners , which has 93 clients including Bayfront Development LLC owned by the Maylaysian-based casino company, Genting and Palm Beach Kennel Club (which is listed as Investment Corporation of Palm Beach)

Those earning more than $500,000:

* Capital City Consulting, -- lead lobbyist for Las Vegas Sands

* Colodny, Fass Talenfield, Karlinsky & Abate -- the Florida Horsemen

* Corcoran & Johnson, -- Miami Beach's Fountainbleau, which would like to get in on the casino action